Irenaeus of Lyons

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Christian bishop Christian theologian Church Father apologist saint

Irenaeus of Lyons was a 2nd-century Christian bishop and theologian best known for combating Gnosticism and helping to shape early Christian doctrine and the development of the New Testament canon.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Irenaeus of Lyons canonical	16
Irenaeus	3
Irenaeus of Lyon	2
Saint Irenaeus	2

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian bishop ⓘ Christian theologian ⓘ Church Father ⓘ apologist ⓘ saint ⓘ
birthDate	c. 130 ⓘ
birthPlace	Asia Minor ⓘ Smyrna ⓘ
canonizationStatus	pre-congregation saint ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate	c. 200 ⓘ
deathPlace	Gaul ⓘ Lugdunum ⓘ
declaredDoctorOfTheChurchBy	Pope Francis ⓘ
denomination	Early Christians ⓘ surface form: Early Church
educatedBy	Polycarp of Smyrna ⓘ
era	2nd century ⓘ
feastDay	23 August ⓘ 28 June ⓘ
influenced	Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ Augustine of Hippo ⓘ Eastern Orthodox theology ⓘ Western Christian theology ⓘ
influencedBy	Apostle John ⓘ Polycarp of Smyrna ⓘ
knownFor	articulation of rule of faith ⓘ combating Gnosticism ⓘ contribution to formation of New Testament canon ⓘ defense of apostolic tradition ⓘ early doctrine of recapitulation ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
notableWork	Against Heresies ⓘ surface form: Adversus Haereses Against Heresies ⓘ Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching ⓘ
opposed	Gnosticism ⓘ Marcionism ⓘ Valentinianism ⓘ
positionHeld	Bishop of Lugdunum ⓘ Bishop of Lyons ⓘ
region	Gaul ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
theologicalConcept	apostolic succession ⓘ recapitulation in Christ ⓘ unity of Old and New Testaments ⓘ
title	Doctor of Unity ⓘ
tradition	Patristic theology ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Church Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Church Fathers → notableMember → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

Christus Victor theory of atonement → influencedBy → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

Ignatius of Antioch → influenced → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

Polycarp of Smyrna → influenced → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

Polycarp of Smyrna → teacherOf → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

Justin Martyr → influenced → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

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Docetism → opposedBy → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

Western text-type → usedBy → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irenaeus

Marcionism → condemnedBy → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

Bishop of Lugdunum → notableHolder → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irenaeus of Lyon

Against Heresies → author → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Irenaeus

Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching → author → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Irenaeus

Gnosticism → isDiscussedBy → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

Valentinianism → opposedBy → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irenaeus of Lyon

Doctor of Unity → hasTitleHolder → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

Doctor of Unity → honors → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

Shepherd of Hermas → quotedBy → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

First Epistle of Clement → quotedBy → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

proto-orthodox Christianity → hasKeyFigure → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

Tatian → criticizedBy → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

Irénée → derivedFrom → Irenaeus of Lyons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irenaeus